Five reasons to love Asheville's Downtown After 5.

7:30 PM,
Jun. 14, 2012

The Secret B-Sides play tonight at Downtown After 5.

Written by

Paul Clark
| take5 Correspondent

You know why you love Downtown After 5, the city's free spring and summertime series of music and merrymaking. But in case your friends need a nudge, show them this.Love the locals

"Local, local, local," said Meghan Rogers, membership and marketing manager of the Asheville Downtown Association, which puts on Downtown After 5. The companies supplying the beer and food are local. The sponsors are local. All the opening bands this year are local. "We have such an amazing local music community. Supporting it is important to us," Rogers said. "We have so much local flavor."It's got what
you want